Daisy Rasammah Daniels, known popularly as Rukmani Devi (15 January 1923 – 28 October 1978: Sinhala: රුක්මණී දේවී) was a Sri Lankan film actress and singer who was often acclaimed as "The Nightingale of Sri Lanka".[1] She made it to the silver screen via the stage and had acted in close to 100 films at the time of her death. Having an equal passion for singing as well as a melodious voice, she was Sri Lanka's foremost female singer in the gramophone era.[2] After her death, she was awarded the Sarasaviya 'Rana Thisara'- Life Time Achievement Award at the 1979 Sarasaviya Awards Festival.[3]
^Rukmani Devi, Queen of the Silver Screen
^"The unadulterated golden song in the music of this country: "Rukmani"". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^"සිංහල සිනමාවේ කඳුළු බිංදුව". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
Daisy Rasammah Daniels, known popularly as RukmaniDevi (15 January 1923 – 28 October 1978: Sinhala: රුක්මණී දේවී) was a Sri Lankan film actress and singer...
spread that Samson is now a cripple. Ultimately the truth is revealed. RukmaniDevi as Ranjani: A high-class girl who is pushed into a marriage with an older...
contributions to Indian industry. Goenka, a Marwari by birth, was married to RukmaniDevi, and the couple had three sons and two daughters. R. P. Goenka, the eldest...
Kele Handa is a 1953 Sri Lankan romantic musical starring RukmaniDevi, Stanley Perera, Eddie Jayamanne, Rita Ratnayake and Mabel Blythe. It is based on...
Indian National Congress 1972 Tarimela Ranga Reddy Independent 1978 B. RukmaniDevi Janata Party 1983 P. Gurumurthy Telugu Desam Party 1985 Kothapalli Jayaram...
when the 14th Lok Sabha finished its term. The son of Ram Nath Pal and RukmaniDevi, Raja Ram was born in the town Sirohi and attended D.A.V. College, Kanpur...
Year Member Political party 1952 Siddanna Gowd Independent 1962 B. RukmaniDevi Indian National Congress 1967 M. B. R. Rao Swatantra Party 1972 M. Yellappa...
birthday. Then in 2000, he wrote the book "Yugayake Swarna Geethaya" about RukmaniDevi. In 1994, Kumara became the editor of Yovun paper. As an author, his...
Board of India and appointed noted humanitarian and acclaimed dancer RukmaniDevi Arundale as steward. Chapter III of the Act lists multiple different...
zamindari after they were defeated by the British. He married Lalitamani Devi, the grand-daughter of Raja Udaya Singh of Kalahandi and consolidated his...
Gooty None K.venkataramaiah Indian National Congress Singanamala SC B. RukmaniDevi Janata Party Anantapur None B.t.l.n. Chowary Indian National Congress...
Secretary-General of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (retired) RukmaniDevi – actress and singer Roy Dias – former cricket captain Jeyaraj Fernandopulle...
Manhas from Naxalists post 2021 Sukma-Bijapur attack. Saini runs Mata RukmaniDevi Ashram's residential schools, whose tribal girl students have won several...
to temple. The sanctum of the temple has a beautiful marble idol of DeviRukmani, with four hands holding Shanka, Chakra, Gada and Padma. The yatra to...
Maharashtra. Vinayaka was the eldest son of Narahari Shambhu Rao and RukmaniDevi. The couple had five children; four sons named Vinayaka (affectionately...
father's name was Pandit Bholanath Upadhyaya, and mother's name was RukmaniDevi. His early education was in Nizamabad and Azamgarh. At the age of five...
Sabeetha Perera and Wimal Kumara de Costa in lead roles along with RukmaniDevi and Piyadasa Wijekoon. Music composed by director Herbert Ranjith Peiris...
21 February 2016) whose songs were based on real incidents such as 'RukmaniDevi' (popular Sri Lankan film actress and singer), 'Maru-Sira'(controversial...
Leena de Silva Somasiri Dehipitiya Lionel Deraniyagala Kamal Deshapriya RukmaniDevi David Dharmakeerthi Darshan Dharmaraj Annesley Dias Ashan Dias Dharmapriya...
cinema. She is also a granddaughter of the late songstress and actress RukmaniDevi. By age 11, Umaria became serious about pursuing a music career, where...
research. She had her rangapravesha in 1956. She has taught in Monfort RukmaniDevi, Maharaja Aagarsen and various other schools in the years 2009 to 2011...
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